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For Teachers & Faculty

Educators

Florida is becoming a national hub for semiconductor manufacturing, and the talent pipeline starts in your classroom. Explore STEM career resources built to help you guide students toward in-demand, high-wage technical careers.

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Shape Your Students' Journeys

At Etch, we’re so excited to work alongside educators like you and help you shape the future of Florida’s tech industry through your participation. If you love furthering STEM education and want to foster a passion in your students for technological advancement, we want your help! As we grow and the semiconductor industry becomes bigger in Florida, our team envisions a future where educators everywhere can get involved with our mission and easily incorporate semiconductor career readiness into their lesson plans.

You can help us get there by being a part of our early participant program. Help us pilot new programs or classroom kits, get early access to classroom-ready tools as we roll them out, give us direct feedback on our resources, or start a semiconductor club at your school. We can only get it done through your help!

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Our STEM Career Resources for Teachers

As an educator, your day is already full of lesson planning and creating the best path forward for your students. We want to help make your job a little easier and provide ready-to-present resources that help guide your students toward the semiconductor industry. As we grow, we plan to have even more resources and networking opportunities for educators, and we can’t wait to share them with you! However, while some things are still in development, there are plenty of options to get you started today, all of which seamlessly integrate with middle and high school lesson frameworks.

Curriculum-Aligned Classroom Materials & Lesson Plans

Ready-to-present lessons that drop into existing middle and high school frameworks without rebuilding your scope and sequence.

Teacher Training & Professional Development

Build confidence with semiconductor and STEM topics through short, practical professional learning designed for busy educators.

Virtual Tours, Videos & Lab Simulations

Take students inside cleanrooms and fabs — and let them practice real processes — without leaving your classroom.

A Unique Opportunity for Your Students

We know you’re keeping a close eye on exciting opportunities to help develop your students, and we’re excited to present a uniquely Floridian workforce initiative, complete with resources for educators like you and your students. In the state of Florida, we are poised to become a national leader in semiconductor manufacturing and innovation, but we need your help to get there. From technicians to engineers, thousands of semiconductor jobs will require fresh, skilled talent: your students! You work day in and day out with these young, bright minds, so we can’t think of a better way of engaging young Floridians than through their teachers. That’s why we’re providing STEM career resources for teachers to help you get started. You are the key to helping push this movement forward and guiding students toward these in-demand, high-wage careers.

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We can’t wait to see the change you inspire in your students. Etch is here to help you every step of the way. Take the following actions to stay connected with the latest updates in the semiconductor industry and education resources!

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CTE Integration

One Skill Set. Many Industries.

Automation, controls, and precision skills aren't limited to one field. These pathways prepare learners for high-tech manufacturing environments where reliability and accuracy matter — showing how to integrate semiconductor concepts into existing secondary and postsecondary CTE programs.